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... existence . Critics have argued whether Law's appeal was directed es- sentially to the heart or to the head . In the earlier works , where he relies much on logic , Law was certainly addressing the mind with the ultimate object of ...
... existence . Critics have argued whether Law's appeal was directed es- sentially to the heart or to the head . In the earlier works , where he relies much on logic , Law was certainly addressing the mind with the ultimate object of ...
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... existence worthwhile to him . In this attitude he was consistent . " No wise man , " he told Boswell , " will be contented to die if he thinks he is to fall into annihilation . For however bad any man's existence may be , every man ...
... existence worthwhile to him . In this attitude he was consistent . " No wise man , " he told Boswell , " will be contented to die if he thinks he is to fall into annihilation . For however bad any man's existence may be , every man ...
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... existence , Johnson had an ascetic streak . As we have indicated , this tendency may have developed partly from read- ing William Law . Whatever its source , his asceticism is evident in various comments he made on monasticism ...
... existence , Johnson had an ascetic streak . As we have indicated , this tendency may have developed partly from read- ing William Law . Whatever its source , his asceticism is evident in various comments he made on monasticism ...
Contents
Johnson and William Law | 3 |
Johnson and Samuel Clarke | 27 |
The Atonement | 46 |
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